Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.